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LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS

REUNITED ON TIKTOK

LinguaHouse
Feb. 7, 2024

Mixed Levels: Elementary (A1-A2) and Pre-Intermediate (A2-B1)
Type of English: English for Teenagers
Tags: Special Report; People and Places; Using Computers and The Internet; Meeting and Greeting People; Past Tenses; Irregular Verbs; 13-15 Years Old; 16-18 Years Old; 18+ Years Old; Incredible Stories; Article Based
Publication date: 02/07/2024

This lesson is based on a news story about identical twins from Georgia, who discovered that they were stolen at birth and sold to different families. The incident brought attention to a wider issue, suggesting that tens of thousands of children were taken from Georgian hospitals. The listening exercise provides details about how they found each other, while the reading task presents similar stories through fictional newspaper extracts. Students will have the opportunity to practice using the vocabulary, and will conclude the lesson with a crossword activity that reviews the concepts covered in class (by Joey Vaughan-Birch).

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• CLICK HERE to download the teacher’s lesson plan in American English (L2).
• CLICK HERE to download the teacher’s lesson plan in American English (L3).
• CLICK HERE to download the student’s worksheet in British English (L2).
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• CLICK HERE to download the teacher’s lesson plan in British English (L2).
• CLICK HERE to download the teacher’s lesson plan in British English (L3).
• CLICK HERE to download/listen to the audios (Am/Br English).

AUDIO TRANSCRIPT

Newsreader: Amy and Ano are twins, but they did not know each other for a long time. They were born in Georgia. When they were born, someone took them from their mother and sold them to different families.
When she was 19, Ano saw a video of Amy on TikTok. She thought they looked the same. She tried to find her on WhatsApp, and Amy’s friend saw her message.
They started to speak to each other. They met for the first time at a train station. When Ano saw her sister, she said, “I’ve been looking for you for so long.” Amy replied, “Me too.” They took a test and they were really twins.
They also found their real mother. She lives in Germany. She said people in the hospital lied to her to take them from her. This happened to many children in Georgia from 1950 to 2005. It was a big problem in the country. Many people are trying to find their relatives.

Adapted from: https://www.linguahouse.com/esl-lesson-plans/english-for-teenagers/reunited-on-tiktok. Accessed on February 8, 2024. © 2008–2024 LinguaHouse.com. All rights reserved.